We've now resolved the incident. Thanks for your patience.
We've fixed the core issue, and are waiting for things to recover.
You should be able to connect your inventory now. If the "authenticate" message still appears, please wait about 30 seconds before attempting to reconnect.
We are currently investigating a potential issue with our inventory feature. You may experience a problem when connecting or disconnecting this feature.
We are investigating the issue and we will provide updates as soon as they are available.
Apologies for any inconvenience this causes.